Improvement in lantern-guards



T. SMETH.

Lantern Guards.

N0. 136,782 PatentedMarch11,1873.

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THOMAS SMITH, OF CLEVELAND, O HI O.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERN-GUARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,782, dated March11, 1873.

' and Improved Lantern-Guard; and I do hereby declare that the.following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making a part of the same.

Figure 1 is a side View of a lantern-guard. Figs. 2 and 3 are detachedsections. 7

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. Y

The nature of this invention relates to the construction oflantern-guards, the uprights of which consist of bent or lapped wire,having one or more eyes to receive the circular ring or rings ofsaid'guard. The object of said invention is to construct the joints ofsaid. guard or framein a neat, simple, and durable manner. Thefollowingisamore full and complete description of the construction ofsaid guard.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, A represents the ribs of the guard, a detachedview of which is shown in Fig. 2. Each rib consists of apiece ofhalf-round wire, which is bent double,

thereby bringing the two flat surfaces together, as shown'in Fig. 3. Thebent end of the rib is formed into an eye, B, and about midway betweenthe two ends is formed another eye, 0, Figs. 2 and 3, through which thecircle D of round wire is passed, as shown in Fig. l,

constituting the middle horizontal brace of the guard. A similarhorizontal circular brace, E, is passed through the eye B of the ribs,as shown in Fig. 1, thereby completing the guard, the lower ends ofwhich are then secured to the brace E of the lantern. The horizontalbraces are prevented from slipping in the ribs by being solderedthereto, either by hand or by dipping the guard in molten solder, whichalso increases the strength and rigidity of the frame. This manner ofconstructing the joints of the guard-frame is simple and easily done itis also neat in appearance, strong, and durable.

Heretofore the ribs A have been perforated to receive the guards andattached to the rim at the top in a similar manner, but perforating theend of a wire and passing another through it is liable to split thewire; whereas by my improved method the eye atthe top is supported bythe whole strength of the metal being bent to form the eye, asdescribed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isg The ribs A, formed of half-round wire, andbent to form the eyes B 0,; an d used in connection with the circularbraces D E, as and for the purpose set forth. 1

THOMAS SMITH. Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, J. H. BURRIDGE.

